Adventures

Beach Vacation: What to Pack for a Toddler

Beach Vacation: What to Pack for a Toddler

As I’m getting ready for our vacation I’m realizing that this is going to be our last vacation as a family of 3. I’m going to soak up every minute with Caden on his last vacation as an only child. I can’t wait to get him running around the beach, splashing in the ocean and [...]

May 15, 2013 | By | 5 Replies More
A Box and Packaging Peanuts

A Box and Packaging Peanuts

Caden’s attention span isn’t very long these days just like any other toddler his age. We’ve tried the whole coloring book thing, markers, sticker books all of which are great but only last about 10 minutes. My mom had sent Lydia some clothes along with my old baby clothes in a few boxes to me [...]

April 1, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More

Pregnancy

Pregnancy #2: 34 Weeks

Pregnancy #2: 34 Weeks

We had an appointment for Lydia on Monday, it was a relatively quick one thank goodness because Caden did not have the patience to sit in the Dr. office. This last canine is making us all miserable. I’m hoping us being at the beach he’ll be distracted enough to take his mind off it for [...]

May 17, 2013 | By | 7 Replies More
Pregnancy #2: 32 Weeks

Pregnancy #2: 32 Weeks

We had our appointment on Tuesday and we got to see our little peanut again. This time we brought CK with us since he’s not in school anymore. He did well for the most part especially for how long we waited. We couldn’t really see her that well on the u/s she was pretty much [...]

May 3, 2013 | By | 6 Replies More

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Creative Uses for Diaper Wipe Containers

Creative Uses for Diaper Wipe Containers

After my post a couple weeks ago about Kids organization I realized that you can actually use wipe containers for a lot of different things. It’s actually quite amazing. Besides the amazing toy car storage and card games idea here are 7 more Creative things you can use wipe containers for. 1. Snack container for [...]

May 22, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Kid Organization

Kid Organization

I’ve been seeing some really great ideas around the web this week about kids organization and I thought I’d share with you on this lovely Friday! It’s about 80 degrees here today and after Caden wakes up from his nap, we’re going out on the boat. I need to soak up as many of these [...]

May 10, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More

Watch Them Grow

Watch Him Grow: 21 Months

Watch Him Grow: 21 Months

Can you believe I’ll have a 2 year old in 3 months? WHAT? It’s crazy to even think about! My baby is growing up too fast. Everyday I see him learning new things and just turning into this little boy right before my eyes. His independence and affection and his hilarious belly laugh; man, we [...]

March 1, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Watch Him Grow: 18 Months

Watch Him Grow: 18 Months

Stats: Height: 33″ (50%) Weight: 26.4 (50%) 11 teeth but teething like crazy, I’m waiting for this next round to pop through. 24 + Tops and 18 Month bottoms, PJs are 24+ Size 5 shoe but probably should get him measured again here soon Still takes a paci, we were doing good but this teething [...]

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Parenting

Essentials to bring to the ER

Essentials to bring to the ER

We ended up in the ER last night with Caden. He had some trouble breathing and was wheezing around dinner time so I called our Pediatrician and it being after hours they recommended us taking him to the ER. After some chest x-rays and a couple breathing treatments he was feeling much better and we [...]

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Can a Toddler Sense a New Baby Coming?

Can a Toddler Sense a New Baby Coming?

I went back and forth about whether or not I should discuss this here on my blog; I struggle with how much information I should give out over the internet versus keeping some things in our life private. But after much thought, I’m hoping that one of my readers have been through this and may [...]

April 3, 2013 | By | 8 Replies More

Family Life

Mother’s Day 2013

Mother’s Day 2013

I hope all you moms out there had a fantastic day and weekend. Especially mine because they totally deserve it! We didn’t end up doing much yesterday we had a pretty busy weekend so yesterday we laid low. I did get to sleep in and wake up to a fantastic breakfast made by my hubby [...]

May 13, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Amazon Subscribe and Save

Amazon Subscribe and Save

Have I ever told you about Amazon Subscribe and Save? And no this is not an ad or sponsored post. I just really love them. I’m a convenience girl, I learned this from my husband. So when something can be delivered directly to me versus trying to get to the grocery store with a high [...]

April 30, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More

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What I learned on my Social Media Cleanse

What I learned on my Social Media Cleanse

My Social Media Cleanse is officially over.   I learned quite a few things this past week and of course I’m excited to share with you. Here we go:  It wasn’t as bad as I thought. I didn’t grab for my phone as much as I expected. I really thought this was going to be [...]

April 29, 2013 | By | Reply More
Social Media Cleanse Begins

Social Media Cleanse Begins

  The time has come to start my Social Media Cleanse. For the next 4 days I’ll be unplugging from the social media world and re-plugging into my real world. I have a list of to-dos that I want to focus on and I’m actually kind of excited to take this challenge. I know some [...]

April 21, 2013 | By | Reply More
Pregnancy #2: 30 Weeks

Pregnancy #2: 30 Weeks

I had an appointment last Tuesday to check up on little Lydia and surprisingly I haven’t gained any weight from my last appointment back on March 19th. I was also measuring 27 weeks at that appointment (with the tape measure). She said I’m on the small size but a “normal” small. Never thought I’d hear [...]

April 19, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Social Media Cleanse

Social Media Cleanse

Have you ever tracked how long you actually spend on Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter or even reading blogs? I bet it would shock you. I’ve been noticing a lot more recently how much social media has taken over my life and I always wonder how much stuff I could actually get done [...]

April 15, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More